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  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  Bishop's Lavington	Sussex	Bishop's Lavington . See LAVINGTON WEST.	Bartholomew
  CHEVERELL (Little)	Wiltshire	Lavington, and 6 S by W of Devizes r. station. Post town, West Lavington, under Devizes. Acres, 1,930. Real	Imperial
  CHICHESTER	Sussex	West Dean, and West Wittering; and the p. curacies of Appledram, Up-Marden, Funtington, Midlavant, Lordington, and Stansted. The deanery of Chichester comprises the livings of Chichester city; and the rectories of Brede, Crowhurst, New Fishborne, and Rumbolds-Wyke. The deanery of Midhurst comprises the rectories of Barlavington, Bepton, Bignor, Bodecton or Burton, Coates, Duncton, Egdean, Elsted, Graffham, Hardham, Iping, Lurgasall, Lynch, North Chapel, Petworth, Selham, Stedham, Heyshot, Stopham, Sutton, Terwick, Tillington, Trotton, Woolbeding, and Wool-Lavington	Imperial
  DEVIZES	Wiltshire	DEVIZES , a town, two parishes, a sub-district, and a district in Wilts. The town stands on an eminence, amid	Imperial
  FIDDINGTON	Wiltshire	FIDDINGTON , a tything in West Lavington parish, Wilts; 5½ miles S of Devizes. Pop., 41.	Imperial
  GRANTHAM	Lincolnshire	GRANTHAM , a town, a parish, a sub-district, and a district, in Lincolnshire. The town stands on Ermine-street, near	Imperial
  LAVINGTON	Wiltshire	LAVINGTON , a sub-district in Devizes district, Wilts; containing East L. and West L. parishes, three other parishes, and part	Imperial
  Lavington, West	Sussex	Lavington, West .-- par., Sussex, 6 miles SE. of Midhurst, 678 ac., pop. 151.	Bartholomew
  LAVINGTON (WEST)	Sussex	LAVINGTON (WEST) , a chapelry in Woolavington parish, Sussex; comprising detached portions of the parish near Medhurst r. station. It was constituted	Imperial
  LAVINGTON (WEST)	Wiltshire	LAVINGTON (WEST) , a village and a parish in Devizes district, Wilts. The village stands under the Ridge way, 1 mile	Imperial
  Lavington, West (or Bishops Lavington)	Wiltshire	Lavington, West (or Bishops Lavington ), par. and vil., Wilts - par., 6283 ac., pop. 1406; vil., 1½ mile SW. of Market	Bartholomew
  LINCOLN	Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire	Lavington, and Skillington. The deanery of Beltisloe-second contains the rectories of BythamParva, Careby, Carlby, Creeton, North Witham, and South Witham; the vicarages of Bytham-Castle, Swinestead, and Witham-on-the-Hill; the chapelry of Holywell; and the donative of Edenham. The deanery of Bolingbroke contains the rectories of Bolingbroke, Hareby, Mavis-Enderby, Halton-Holgate, East Keal, West	Imperial
  Littleton Pannell	Wiltshire	Littleton Pannell , vil., West Lavington par., Wilts, 5 miles SW. of Devizes.	Bartholomew
  LITTLETON-PANNELL	Wiltshire	West Lavington parish, Wilts; 5 miles SSW of Devizes. The village was once a market-town. Real property of the tything	Imperial
  West Lavington	Wiltshire	West Lavington , 1½ mile SW. of Market Lavington, Wilts; P.O. See LAVINGTON, WEST.	Bartholomew
  Woollavington	Sussex	Lavington and Graffham pars., Sussex, pop. 634; P.O. at Lavington and at Graffham; the church is 2g miles SW. of Petworth. Woollavington was at one time a par. comprising the present pars, of East and West	Bartholomew

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